Write to tv : out of your head and onto the screen /

Title:

Write to tv : out of your head and onto the screen /

Author:

Cook, Martie.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Emerson College

Contents:

An overview of the TV industry -- The spectacular spec -- Getting your scripts read -- Situational comedies -- Developing your sitcom story -- Sitcom structure -- Outlining your sitcom story -- Scripting your sitcom -- Other kinds of TV comedy -- Plot-driven dramas -- Character-driven drama -- Formatting for prime time drama -- The television pilot -- Finding an original premise -- Selling an original idea -- Made-for-TV movies -- Creating complex and compelling characters -- Tapping into tweens -- Writing dialogue that dances on the page -- Rewrite the heck out of it -- Essentials of a great pitch -- Pitching ideas for existing series and TV movies -- Pitching pilots -- Writing the web series -- Writing for reality television -- Agents, managers, and entertainment attorneys -- The Writers Guild of America -- Writing teams -- How to get work as a television writer -- Getting the interview -- Congratulations, you've got the job ... now what? -- The power of networking -- Other things that can help you succeed.

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Emerson Main Stacks
PN1992.7 .C585 2014 – Available

• Available
• Available Temporarily at Emerson Reserve
  On reserve for VM423 -3: Writing Television Pilots (Visual and Media Arts: Pieroni)
  On reserve for VM222 -2: Writing for Television (Visual and Media Arts: Dreyfus)
  On reserve for VM423 -1: Writing Television Pilots (Visual and Media Arts: Pieroni)
  On reserve for VM222 -3: Writing for Television (Visual and Media Arts: Maruska)
  On reserve for VM222 -5: Writing for Television (Visual and Media Arts: Maruska)
  On reserve for VM222 -8: Writing for Television (Visual and Media Arts: Santos)
  On reserve for VM222 -4: Writing for Television (Visual and Media Arts: Dreyfus)